Hello, There is a bug in the binary distribution for S.u.S.E. 7.0; in the script "/etc/rc.d/postgres", in the "start" clause. The -D option of the postmaster daemon is used to declare where is the data directory. You do it like this: postgres -D$datadir but you must do it like this: postgres -D $datadir There must be a space among "-D" and "$datadir". David Lizano ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Lizano - Director área técnica correo-e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I Z A N E T - Servicios integrales de internet. web: http://www.izanet.com/ Dirección: C/ Checa, 57-59, 3º D - 50.007 Zaragoza (España) Teléfono: +34 976 25 80 23 Fax: +34 976 25 80 24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~